KoRoot's Symposium8
KoRoot's Symposium8
The right to know one's own background and ancestry is a fundamental basic human right, but this right is not being enforced in Korea.
That is why KoRoot, together with our international partners, has created Symposium8, which is KoRoot's expert group regarding adoptees' "right to know".
Symposium8 is based on the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, Article 8. Hence the name Symposium8.
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Article 8
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1. States Parties undertake to respect the right of the child to preserve his or her identity, including nationality, name and family relations as recognized by law without unlawful interference.
2. Where a child is illegally deprived of some or all of the elements of his or her identity, States Parties shall provide appropriate assistance and protection, with a view to re-stablishing speedily his or her identity.”
Convention on the Rights of the Child
Adopted 20 November 1989
By
United Nations General Assembly resolution 44/25
sym·po·si·um
/simˈpōzēəm/
noun
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a conference or meeting to discuss a particular subject.
- a collection of essays or papers on a particular subject by a number of contributors.
Oxford Dictionary
"Make Law - Not War"
Korea ratified the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child in 1991 - without reservation to the convention's Article 8.
However, not much has happened since Korea's ratification of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. This is despite the fact that Article 6 of Korea's Constitution states that treaties and conventions that Korea has ratified are to be regarded as domestic law.
Korea is still a young democracy, and Korea has acceded to many of the world community's international laws and conventions, but unfortunately, Korean institutions have not changed with the times.
KoRoots Symposium8 works for the implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child Article 8 (the right to know) and the Convention's Article 7 (birth registration of all newborn children immediately after birth and the right to know their biological parents).
This happens via conferences and seminars - symposia.
Who is Symposium8?
Symposium8 is led by Liv Melby, who is a lawyer and expert in the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child and, together with lawyers and experts from all over the world, she leads the work of spreading awareness of Article 8 of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. Liv Melby has worked with children's rights for a number of years and currently works at the Norwegian Children's Ombudsmand.
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